New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-04
FRANCE IN A PASSION.
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rownoN MAY 3.-Prnce bisinaion ",,rht IN
,,a reasons for releasing NJ SchnaeoerS U Sronoh
oorci,iate tho French, but does ho'' a.an;ni-
.,ress receive what is really an acC .. n' hoinc
=, in a thoroughly bad spirit All @"ne So ,ho
thcv Give vent, to passions which, whiic .,,0
over os'y es,,;tics lasted, they suppressed. M.
s,.,es .''A ~ has the good sense TO decline lhc
.a.., rocentions and gifts offered hln' lho
ssor,,ar case against him may yet see hehV'
r,forccmept of the Closure last nlsne III Conr ~
,n,,taa gives rise to fresh murmus' MI '"
smith iustifes it on the ground that ouV .,
proposed amendments TO the hrsU ci"u'o "
crimes act, only nine are dlsposeu oi 49,. 81
.roIc nevertheless made common cause WIN 'h'ii
.l'Ns elas III 1be House of Commons again saw
.,.otacle of Mr.. Gladstone leading the Liberals
su,o The Opposition lobby, cheered as he wehb ny
,ho Irssb. Some Liberals do not like his present
.o,cv The Government majority ran up py ~
Sotes Every such incident adds 1uei TO 'ic
dame The Irish members have nearly all re-
surned to take part in the struggle There arc
omipo,s signs on both sides that temper Is rislls'
and worse scenes are expected
Mr. parnell is supposed to be still in Ireland
xbere he went week before last confined TO his
bousc with cold. But friend VINO KNOWS
him well tells me he travelled with MI farhen
Last Wednesday from London to Crewe ana oach
again the same evening. The lines oc'ovee
another two columns to an attempt at proving
connection between Mr. Dillon and sheridan anu
Egau accusing Mr.. Dillon of gross falsehood in
his speech last week in the House Mr' Dliloi
answers not. But Mr.. Healy last night appeared
~
rather tried to raise, O question OF privilege IN
tho House ON account of "The Tmes's attack on
the Irish Attorney-ieneial. The Speaker tCld
MIR. Healy he was trihing with the House, when
MIR. Healy knew as well rs the Speaker ana sat
down. having attained his object and signlhed
Irish opinion of 1.-The Times's" charges
Mr.. ODrcns journey to Canada is pretty GER
tainly against Mr.. Parnell's wish, in obedience 10
which it was postponed and, it was supposed, aban-
doned Lord Landowners Weltshire tenants, 5O4
strong, have signed letter certifying TO his good
character as a landlord. They have been treated,
they say, with kindness, courtesy and generosity
and they offer him sympathy in his troubles with
his Irish tenants. Mr. Trench's second letter
gives q most explicit and circumstantial denial
of every charge of bad faith against Lord Lans-
downe in the recent negotiations.
Ihe effort to stir up spurious sympathy Tor The
Socialists lately sentenced to six months impris-
onmcnt for riot and other offences seems likely 10
break down. The Home Secretary answered
question on this subject in the House OF Commons
with characteristic decision lie fully sustained
the magistrate who sentenced these men, Mt de
Rutzen. All the prisoners were charged with as
saulting the police Williams, who has figured
before now as q ringleader, was let off, IN the
magistrates opinion too easily. The riot was
Ian he
whether Socialists are to be allowed, because
they are Socialists, to defy the law with impuni-
tv Sir Charles Warren's method of dealing with
these disorderly meetings continues TO be efficient.
Backed up as he now is by the magistrates and
the Home Secretary his success is certain. The
Socialists are, L hear, on Mr.. Hyndmans authori-
ty, in low water. Work and wages are both i'm
proving and Anarchy is proportonally less popu-
lar except with the criminal classes.
The stories that the Home Secretary is suffer
ing like Sir Michael Hclxs-Bcach from cataract
are untrue. Hardly less remote from the fact
are the denials which represent him as quite well,
but for slight weakness Of sight. His eyes are
giving him rather serious trouble, and his early
resignation is probable. Liberal Unionists think
the Home Office will be offered to Sir Henry
James but Tory irritation OveI Mr.. GOschens
appointment is too fresh for that. Nor would
Sir Henry Jamts be likely to accept the post, if
offered.
The verdict of s2,500 in Mr.. Brenon's action
nganst Mr. Ridgway, publisher of the so-called
s"Black Pamphlet, is probably due to the defend
ants failure to support his plea of justification
Mr. Brenon was accused Of being a member Of
tho Irish Republican Brotherhood and many
other things. lie admitted under cross-examina-
fIIpnn of hp
libelling ladies' and other damaging facts, but
Mr. Rdgway neither disclosed the sources Of his
information nor called any witnesses for his de-
fence. He relied, the counsel for Mr.. Brcnon
said on prejudice against the plaintiff. The Judge
summed up strongly and the jury put prejudice,
whether political or other, aside. 1t is difficult
nos to allege that an rshman has no chance Of
getting justice from an English jury.
The usual yearly complaint is heard about the
treatment Of the press by the Royal Academy.
Tickets to the press view are grldgngly issued.
Many provincial papers and nearly all the CONT
mental press are ignored. The London press is
freely adE,itted. the London papers being counted
on to help III the pictures. The London journals,
however, fare no better than their country cous.
ans when the Academy dinner is given. No re-
porter is admitted, "lhe Times" excepted. All
Others are expected TO borrow from "1he Sunday
Observer in which THE Times's' report of
the proceedings first appears. The result is that
many London papers refuse TO publish reports Of
the speeches. Tho public bears this deprivation
with equanimity. This years speeches, however,
happened to be particularly good, Sir Frederick
Leighton is always elaborate rhetorical and deco
rativc. The three speeches of the evening were
Lord Salisbury's Professor Huxley's, and Sir
Georse Trevelyans. Lord Salisbury, though poll
tics were excluded had sharp thrust ut the House
Of Commons, with its "dreary drip of dilatory
defamation Professor Iiuxlcy was both wcighty
and amusing. Sir George 1revelyan slightly as
tonished his audience by inviting them to study
his own portrait as a masterpiece of art produced